Friday

May 1, 2020 at 2:46 PM

At Jupiter Medical Center’s Lab, 353 tests have been conducted. Of those, 82 tests were positive for the coronavirus, according to the state.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized data from Jupiter Medical Center. The figures describe the total number of tests, not the total number of people tested.

JUPITER — More than 700 households received food distributed by Feeding South Florida on Friday morning.

The Pembroke Park non-profit, with an assist from the town and the Admirals Cove Foundation, circulated 40,000 pounds of food to those families, Vice Mayor Ilan Kaufer said. That figures to be about 45 meals per household, he said.

The pickup site was at FAU Jupiter. The town hopes to have another distribution day next week, Kaufer said.

What’s open, what’s closed

Beaches are still closed, as is the Juno Beach Pier.

But a new county order went into effect Wednesday, reopening many parks and natural areas in the Jupiter area.

The county’s order, can be found here, also opened boat ramps. There are various boating restrictions, however, including capacity standards.

Jupiter Police Department spokeswoman Kristin Rightler said Friday that law enforcement didn’t run into many problems on Wednesday, when they stepped up patrols throughout the town.

New testing site in Jupiter

A walk-up test site run by the Health Care District of Palm Beach County at 411 W Indiantown Road opened this week.

Call 561.642.1000 to schedule a free appointment.

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The latest case and death totals

There have been 139 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Jupiter, three in Tequesta and two in Juno Beach, according to figures from the state released Thursday morning.

Disclaimer: The numbers don’t appear to reflect municipal boundaries, so some of those cases may be in unincorporated areas.

Countywide, there were 185 confirmed deaths and 3,000 confirmed cases. There were about 5,000 confirmed cases in Broward County and about 12,000 in Miami-Dade.

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The state lets you search for the total number of cases by zip code here.

At Jupiter Medical Center’s Lab, 353 tests have been conducted. Of those, 82 tests were positive for the coronavirus, according to the state.

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Donations dropped off the Jupiter Medical Center

Early Tuesday, the Fresh Rx initiative dropped off 200 bags of produce, bread and eggs to healthcare workers at Jupiter Medical Center.

Margaret Duriez, co-founder of Fresh Rx, said many of the items came from farms in South Florida.

"It made sense ... so they can be strong and feeling good when they’re probably facing some challenges at work with COVID-19 being part of their daily lives there," Duriez said.

Local benefactor dies

Last week, Furry Friends no-kill animal shelter confirmed that its chairman of the board and longtime benefactor Herb Baum died of COVID-19. He was 83.

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